Waste Incinerator

Just had a blog heads up where the statement is made that everyone in Barnstaple is against the idea of an incinerator for area.
I hate to disagree with the socialist party but they should ask everyone before making such a sweeping statement. Their idea that recycling will deal with the waste is way off the mark. It is being proved at the moment that recycling is not the total answer with a lot of the stuff being put out for it not going anywhere as there is no demand. Surely it is more sense to burn the rubbish in a controlled environmentally neutral fashion and use the energy produced. Thus saving the burning of at least some fossil fuel. Recycling is all well and good but the cost to the environment in the collecting and disposal of it has made a number of the "experts" consider that it does in fact do more harm than good.
In my mind there are two things that need to happen. 1 we need to create a lot less waste individually. 2 we need to use the waste we do produce for a good purpose.
It's time the supermarkets took their packaging in hand and only use what is needed for the product and not over package as they are now. Wouldn't it be fun if everyone and I mean everyone who uses supermarkets, took all the excess packaging back to the shop on one day and left it in a nice big heap in their car parks. Maybe then the owners, directors and management would realise just how much they are adding to our damaged environment. Seeing it the councils would realize who creates the waste and adjust the community charge accordingly. Government would also catch on and maybe do something about it.